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flag UK court reduces TikTok influencer's sentence to 26 years over excessive original term.

flag A UK Court of Appeal reduced TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari’s minimum life sentence from 31 years and eight months to 26 years and 285 days, calling the original sentence “manifestly excessive.” The ruling followed an appeal arguing her youth—she was 22 at the time—and lack of maturity were not properly considered in sentencing. flag The 2022 case involved the fatal high-speed car chase in Leicester that followed a blackmail dispute, where victims Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin were lured to a Tesco car park and deliberately rammed off the road, with speeds reaching up to 100mph. flag The court also reduced the sentences of three co-defendants by two years each, citing their minor roles and the need to balance aggravating and mitigating factors. flag The Crown Prosecution Service had opposed the appeal, but the judges concluded the original sentences were too harsh given the circumstances.

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